The report of the Hibernian Sunday school society for 1810 (-1837).

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Page xviii - Scrip, tures have of late years been adopted by the voluntary choice of the conductors and teachers, the latter of whom are generally dependent for their livelihood upon the pleasure of the parents of their pupils — a signal proof, that there is no repugnance to scriptural instruction among the people ; and not less an illustration of the effects, silently produced, by the example and competition of better institutions upon the common schools of the country...
Page iii - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 24 - Society has been instituted are. that it shall promote the establishment, and facilitate the conducting of Sunday Schools in Ireland, by disseminating the most approved plans for the management of such Schools, by supplying them with Spelling-books, and copies of the Sacred Scriptures, or extracts therefrom, without note or comment, (the only books which the Society...
Page 38 - I give and bequeath the sum of unto the treasurer for the time being, of the same to be paid within months next after my decease, out of- such part only of my personal estate, as shall not consist of mortgages or chattels real ; in trust to be applied to the uses and purposes of that society, and for which the receipt of such treasurer shall be a sufficient discharge.
Page 38 - Devises of land, or of money charged on land, or secured on mortgage of lands or tenements, or to be laid out in lands or tenements, are void ; but money or stock may be given by Will, if not directed to be laid out in land.
Page 4 - November, 1809, is to promote the establishment, and facilitate the conducting of Sunday Schools in Ireland, by disseminating the most approved plans for the management of such schools, by supplying them with spelling-books...
Page 16 - The translation has been made by a comparison of the authorized and Douay Versions with the original, the language sometimes of the one and sometimes of the other has been adopted, and occasionally deviations have been made from both.
Page 15 - Society in the Chair. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev.
Page 56 - NB — Devises of land, or money charged on land, or to be laid out in land, are void ; but money or stock may be given by will, if not directed to belaid out in land.* W Mode of correspondence at reduced postage about the Institution's business.
Page ix - Society is to promote the establishment and facilitate the conducting of Sunday Schools in Ireland, by disseminating the most approved plans for the management of such Schools, by supplying them with Spelling Books, and copies of the Sacred Scriptures, or Extracts, without note or comment, either gratuitously or at reduced prices.

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